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Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland postponed a ruling on whether or not a member of the media should be sanctioned for suggesting Attorney General Basil Williams had misled the National Assembly, despite urgings from Williams that he should rule then.

A third person appeared in the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with the fatal chopping of a Bush Lot, Berbice couple, which occurred in early January.

Leon Parahoo, the driver of the minibus that was involved in the fatal crash on the Corentyne last Thursday was remanded to prison on a causing death by dangerous driving charge.

A task force established to transform the University of Guyana (UG) has proposed a range of quality assurance measures and emphasised the autonomous nature of the institution, however on the key area of funding there was no major shift.

Students and teachers turned out in their numbers for the Children’s Mashramani Dance and Masquerade finals that were held yesterday at the National Cultural Centre.

Some of the $87 million allocated for the provision of drugs and medical supplies for Region Two in 2015 were not used due to delays in the procurement process and have since been returned to the Health Ministry, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said yesterday.

ANKARA (Reuters) – Twenty-eight people were killed and dozens wounded in Turkey’s capital Ankara yesterday when a car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces’ headquarters, parliament and other government buildings.

Samples from various murders, including that of British teen Dominic Bernard will leave Guyana today for DNA testing in Trinidad and Tobago.

WASHINGTON/TAIPEI (Reuters) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday the United States expects to have “very serious” talks with China about militarization of the South China Sea after reports that Beijing deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles to a disputed island.

A former convict, who had received a presidential pardon, was remanded back to prison yesterday after he, along with another, was accused of committing robbery.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq is searching for “highly dangerous” radioactive material whose theft last year has raised fears among Iraqi officials that it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State.

A Hadfield Street man was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with armed robbery when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A New Vendors Mall stallholder appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore yesterday charged with assaulting a fellow vendor over taking away her customer.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday devalued the country’s strongest official exchange rate by 37 per cent and turned a three-tier exchange rate system into a dual system as part of a package of measures meant to address the OPEC nation’s economic crisis.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s downgraded Brazil’s credit rating deeper into junk territory on Wednesday, citing its failure to curb its fiscal deficit, in a surprise blow to President Dilma Rousseff`s bid to haul the economy out of its worst recession in decades.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday called for $56 million to combat the Zika virus, a disease that has been linked to severe birth defects in Brazil and has spread to 39 countries.

ANKARA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran yesterday stopped short of offering to restrain oil output as part of a global pact to freeze production to prop up prices, making clear it wants to recapture the market share it lost during years of sanctions.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said that it is disappointed that the APNU+AFC government’s proposed legislation to liberalise the telecommunications sector is yet to be laid in parliament.

(Trinidad Guardian) Keron Valentine, who has held the post of deputy mayor for the past six years, is now the mayor of Port-of-Spain.

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) employee Jason Abdulla was arrested late Monday afternoon at Freedom House, Robb Street as part of the still ongoing investigation into the death of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing and yesterday the police pulled in shadowy figure Shawn Hinds and another man in the same matter.